Activemq Exploit Lockbit Ransomware

Description

Execution of ActiveMQ exploit and Lockbit ransomware based on the following DFIR report https://thedfirreport.com/2026/02/23/apache-activemq-exploit-leads-to-lockbit-ransomware/

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

No MITRE techniques specified for this dataset.

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory ActiveMQ_exploit_Lockbit_Ransomware
Test Date 2026-04-28

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Windows-Sysmon

  • Path: /datasets/apt_simulations/ActiveMQ_exploit_Lockbit_Ransomware/windows-sysmon.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational

Windows-Security

  • Path: /datasets/apt_simulations/ActiveMQ_exploit_Lockbit_Ransomware/windows-security.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Security

Windows-Powershell

  • Path: /datasets/apt_simulations/ActiveMQ_exploit_Lockbit_Ransomware/windows-powershell.log
  • Sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog
  • Source: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell/Operational

No specific detections currently use this attack data for testing. However, you can find related detections and analytics in our security content repository.

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

Replay attack data with replay.py from Splunk Attack Data.

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/apt_simulations/ActiveMQ_exploit_Lockbit_Ransomware/windows-sysmon.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

  1. Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
  2. Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
  3. Import the logs using the Splunk Add Data wizard

Find more detections and analytics for this attack technique in our security content repository.


Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0